Wringer guard



Jan, 6,

J. F. GUBBINS WRINGER GUARD Filed May 21, 1921 o o o 0 hm h Q Q, h Q5 Q6 9% (99 QM \N NM Q l @1501 J im, G abbins ?atented Jan. 6, 1925. v

omen STAT-rs JOHN F. GUBBINS, or oHIcaeo, ILLINOIS.

WRINGER GUARD.

Applicationfiled May 21,

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I JOHN F- GUBBIVNS, a citizen of the United; States, residing at Qhicago, in the county .of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wringer. Guards, of which the following is-a specification. This invention relates to. a guard and hopper adapted for use with a clothes wringer and has for its purpose to. provide improvements in safety attachments Ifor wringers for preventing injury to the hands of the operators. The present invention is a modification of the. inventions covered. in the United States Patents Nos. 1,161,244 and 1,161,2a5, granted .to me under; date of November, 23, 1915, as the assignee of lVilliam Pawlak; v

I The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved hopper or wringer guard f having means for positively :feeding the clothes between. the rollers of the wri'ngerzf, Another object is to provide a hopper having a. movable wall provided with perforations to permit the escape of soapsuds' and the like. from the hopper. A

' further object is to provide a hopper having a 'movable wall pivoted at its; upper edge and provided with .means. along the lower edge thereof to prevent the fingers of the operator from slipping between the rollers when the wall is moved inwardly to feedthe clothes to thewringer; Another object is to provide-a hopper having a rolleralong the .upper edge of the movable wall to eliminate the friction and facilitate the passage of the clothes into the rollers of the wringer.

Thenature of the invention will be understood from thewfollowing specification taken with the accompanying drawings in which one embodiment is illustrated.

In the drawing 7 i a Figure 1 shows an. end elevation of a wringer with the present invention applied thereto, a portion of the structure being broken away toshow the rollers of the wringer and the hopper in vertical section;

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the hopper and wringer; and

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of a bracket for supporting the hopper or wringer guard on the wringer.

The top cross member of the wringer 10 is secured at its ends in any suitable manner, as shown at 11, to the upper ends of the side frame members 12. The lower 1921. Serial No. 471,332.

ends of the side members are recessed at 13 to engage the side of a washtub or washing machine and the wringer is held in position on the tub by'the clamping screws 14.. The usual oppositely rota-ting rollers 15 and 16, between which the clothes pass and bywhich the wateris squeezed out of the clothes, are journalled at their ends in bearingslocated within vertical slots formed in the sidemembers of the? frame. A leaf spring 17 is located above the upper roller 15 and bears at its ends on the bearings of said roller, thereby forcing it intoyieldingfcontact with the lower roller 16, the pressure with which the upper roller contacts with the lower roller is regulated'by means of the adjusting screw '18 which threadedly engages the top member at the center thereof and bears at its lower end upon the upper surface of the spring 17.

1nembers-at22 and holds the lower ends of :these' members in fixed relation to each other; -The lo-wer' side of the board 19 carries a leaf spring 23 which frictionally engages the rod 21 p and thereby operates to" hold said board at any desired inclination in order to drain the water extracted from the clothes into any suitable vessel at either side of'the wringer.

One endof the shaft ofthe roller 16 extends through the. side frame and is operatively connected to a source of power. The shafts of the rollers 15' and 16 also carry intermeshing gear wheels located within the sidefr'ames whereby rotation is communicated from one roller to the other (not shown in the drawings).

The foregoing features are shown and dewith a plurality of perforations 31 which permit the soap-suds to flow out of the hopper and the lower edge of the movable wall is provided with a longitudinal flange 32 extending outwardly therefrom and adapted to prevent the slipping of the fingers of the operator inwardly toward the rollers and 16 when the wall 28 is moved inwardly about its pivots. The upper edge u of the wall 28 is provided with a longitudinal notch or recess 33 having a roller 34 located therein and provided at its ends with trunnions 35 which pivotally engage bearings 36 carried by the end flanges 29.

The inner edges of the end walls 26 are adapted to rest upon the plates 38 of the end frames and the inner extremity of the lower wall 27 is adapted to project between these trated particularly in Fig. 3 and are held in position byclamping screws 42. Hooks are provided on both sides of the bracket so that the wringer guard can be located on either side of the wringer. After placing the brackets on the upper cross member of the wringer, the hopper is suspended from the hooks 40 at one side of the wringer and occupies the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

When the wringer is in operation, the clothes are passed over the roller 34 into the hopper. In order to force the clothes between the rollers 15 and. 16, the operator places-her hand against the lower portion of the movable wall 28 and pushes it inwardly, thereby positively forcing the clothes between the rollers. As the rollers rotate they draw the clothes over the roller 34 at the upper edge of the movable wall and the hand of the operator is prevented from slipping over the lower edge of. the movable wall by the outwardly directed flange 32. The perforations permit the soap-suds to escape from the hopper instead of passing through the wringer as they would be liable todo if no means of escape were provided.

Although I have shown and described one form of the invention for purposes of illustration, it will be understood that it can be constructed in various other forms without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. A device for feeding clothes to a wringer, comprising'a hopper having a movable wall pivoted at-the upper part thereof to swing inwardly towards the wringer, and a flange projecting outwardly from the lower part of said wall for preventing the fingers of the operator from passing over the lower edge of said wall into the wringer.

2. A wringer guard comprising a lower wall, end walls extending upwardly from said lower wall and an outer wall mounted between said end walls and extending outwardly and upwardly from the outer part of said lower wall, said outer wall being pivoted adjacent its upper edgeto swing inwardly between said end walls to force the clothes from said wringer guard into the wringer.

3. A wringer guard comprising a lower wall, end walls, and a movable wall'eXtending upwardly from said lower wall and movable inwardly between said end walls, said movable wall being pivoted adjacent its upper edge, and a roller extending along the upper edge of said movable wall.

4. A wringer guard comprising a lower wall, end walls, and a' movable wall extending upwardly from said lower wall and movable inwardly between said end walls, said movable wall being pivoted adjacent its upper edge and being provided with perforations.

5. A wringer guard comprising a lower wall, end walls, and a movable wall extending upwardly from said lower wall and; movable inwardly between said end walls, said movable wall being pivoted adjacent; its upper'edge and being provided with perforations, and a'longitudinal flange extending outwardly from thelower edge of said movable wall.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name. 7

- JOHN F. GUBBINS. 

